The United Nations UN has delivered a draft Memorandum of Understanding between the Republic of Honduras and the UN Secretariat to the Xiomara Castro government
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One year after the decision in the case Vicky Hernandez and Others vs Honduras 8221 where the Inter American Court of Human Rights ICHR ruled
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Journalists in Honduras are vulnerable to violence and impunity is the norm after any are attacked threatened or murdered The only body in Honduras that
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David Castillo the former general manager of energy company DESA was sentenced to 22 years and six months in prison for being one of the
Lideni is a Lenca person one of the main Indigenous peoples of Honduras A young girl Lideni and her family were not allowed to return
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The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization FAO predicts that food insecurity could worsen in Honduras over the next few months The Russian invasion of
Xiomara Castro became the first female president of Honduras She ran with the Libre Party the party founded by her husband José Manuel Mel Zelaya
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Daniel Valencia is editor-in-chief of La Prensa Gráfica in El Salvador and coordinator of the Redacción Regional journalism project. Jennifer Ávila Reyes is director of
The first 100 days of Honduran president Xiomara Castro s administration have exposed the complex situation facing Honduras Internal conflicts within the president s party
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Shortly after his extradition to the United States on a DEA plane the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York released
On June 3 2021 U S president Joe Biden announced that fighting corruption would be a key objective of his administration Soon after various U
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Translated on April 20 | A judge authorized the seizure of 33 properties eight businesses 16 vehicles and other financial assets from former president Juan
Olivia Aurora began her legal battle against Grupo Karims when it fired her in September 2016. This multinational conglomerate is controlled by Yusuf Amdani, a
To understand the mass emmigration of the Honduran people, we must review the last decade of this country: a coup d’état, a looted and poor
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On March 16 after a judge authorized the extradition of former President Juan Orlando Hernández to the United States on drug trafficking and weapons charges
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More than a month after Hondurans elected their first female president her administration done little for gender issues The mostly male Castro cabinet now has
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As detained former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández faces extradition to the United States on three drug trafficking charges this investigation examines a group of
Ex president Juan Orlando Hernández 2014 2022 was arrested at his home in Tegucigalpa and taken to the police special forces headquarters after the United
The communities in the Dry Corridor of southern Honduras mostly work in the Coyolito Club industries shrimp sugar cane and melon farming Companies in these
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Legislators from the faction supporting Luis Redondo as president of the National Congress met on February 2 to vote on several laws that fulfill some
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Former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernández repeatedly accused of having direct ties to drug traffickers became a representative to the Central American Parliament in a
I just wrote a letter to the U S Department of Justice urging them to immediately indict and extradite former President Hernandez to be tried
Competing boards of directors of the National Congress were sworn in on January 23 in Honduras One was elected by a group of 79 legislators
It has been almost two years since Honduras’ education ministry suspended classroom schooling following the first detected cases of COVID-19 in March 2020. The pandemic
The first migrant caravan for the year departed from the San Pedro Sula bus terminal in Honduras on January 15 Almost half are Nicaraguans <
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The Youths Building the Future program was launched two and half years ago and now nearly 4 000 Honduran youths are working at 130 companies
Xiomara Castro s victory on November 28 swept many entrenched politicians out of office and toppled the two parties that have held onto power for
A climate of uncertainty surrounded Sunday s general election But in the end the day proceeded without violence and ended with the highest voter turnout
Preliminary results announced by Honduras National Electoral Commission CNE are that Xiomara Castro of the Libre Party obtained 53 44 of the votes
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As the country gets ready to vote in a few days pre election political violence in Honduras is surging compared to the 2017 general elections
It has been a year since hurricanes Eta and Iota devastated parts of Honduras and Central America Especially hard hit were four municipalities which are
Labor union leaders at a press conference denounced the development of Ciudad Morazán an Employment and Economic Development Zone ZEDE in the northern Honduran city
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Early on October 14 eleven buses carrying migrants arrived at the Guatemala Honduras border They had been deported by plane from the United States to
Just five days after the Pandora Papers were circulated in Honduras the National Congress convened to amend the Money Laundering Law despite protests by opposition
Yaudet Burbara Canahuati businessperson and popular Honduran legislator who is running for re election for his fourth term did not declare his assets to the
After selling equipment to Social Security for three times its value according to the Attorney General s Office businessperson Fauzi Rishmawy created multiple companies in
During the trial that ended in a two year prison sentence in the United States for attempting to do business with drug traffickers it was
Current mayor of Tegucigalpa and popular presidential candidate Nasry Asfura and former mayor and current vice president of Honduras Ricardo Álvarez managed offshore companies in
An analysis of thousands of documents from the Pandora Papers has revealed that the former politician and cattle rancher owned three shell companies in Panama
Parts of the protected forest reserve of La Tigra National Park in central Honduras have been cleared to grow produce for Tegucigalpa s dinner tables
In an interview with Contracorriente Eduardo Facussé president of the Cortés Chamber of Commerce and Industry talked about the country s political outlook ahead of
Cryptocurrencies are gaining traction in a number of countries including El Salvador which recently authorized its use as legal tender Economist Julio Raudales says that
The Inter American Court of Human Rights opposes unlimited presidential reelection limits on the grounds that it violates the American Convention and the American Declaration
Employment and Economic Development Zones ZEDE are proliferating in Honduras Just three months before the November general elections three political parties are proclaiming their opposition
In the midst of the pandemic and as the November elections approach, Employment and Economic Development Zones (Zonas de Empleo y Desarrollo Económico – ZEDE)
People are increasingly denouncing the National Party s politicization of vaccinations in Honduras These complaints not only criticize the national government but also some mayors
A two year old Honduran boy was found abandoned in Mexico on June 28 He was traveling with his father a 27 year old farmer
They report to the job site every day at 7 00 am even though they don t know what time they ll finish work that
A Honduran court concluded the historic trial of David Castillo Mejía a former military officer and former president of energy company Desarrollos Energéticos DESA with
A little over six months after the United States Congress passed the United States-Northern Triangle Enhanced Engagement Act (HR-2615), the U.S. State Department published a
Delta Apparel a transnational clothing manufacturer dismissed 430 workers during the pandemic Many of them had work related musculoskeletal conditions Thousands more were furloughed without
Civil society organizations from Guatemala Honduras and El Salvador recently launched the Center Against Corruption and Impunity in Northern Central America CCINOC in order to
The judicial systems of Honduras Guatemala and El Salvador the Northern Triangle are in crisis due to the politicization of their institutions The citizens of
While Hondurans continue to battle the pandemic and await the arrival of COVID 19 vaccines Employment and Economic Development Zones ZEDEs are being built in
A mother’s heart always aches when a child leaves home for some faraway place, especially if they are fleeing their country because it has nothing
Analysts don’t believe that the new electoral law approved by the Honduran National Congress on May 25 can prevent election fraud or forestall another political
In 2010 Victoria suffered a miscarriage and rushed to hospital She didn t know she was pregnant Then hospital staff reported her to the authorities
The six Honduran officials named in the report are current National Party congressional representatives Five of these had been previously implicated in the MACCIH UFECIC
On May 5 the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador now controlled by President Nayib Bukele s New Ideas political party approved a law that removes
Six months after the disaster ETA and IOTA the government s You Are Not Alone program is not reaching all those who need assistance <
Honduras currently has one of the worst vaccination rates in the world with only 0 56 of its population vaccinated
The Hernández administration spent nearly US$4 million dollars over the last five years on lobbyists in the United States Federal prosecutors in New York claimed
Juan Orlando Hernandez current president of Honduras used over a thousand inauthentic Facebook Pages and benefited from hundreds of thousands of fake likes Over a
While the Honduran government has publicly stated that it has issued a contract to purchase the Russian-made Sputnik V vaccine, the Ministry of Public Health
A private plane carrying Sputnik V vaccine doses later determined to be fake was apprehended in Mexico this week The plane was headed for Honduras
The New York trial of Honduran drug trafficker Geovanny Fuentes has rattled Juan Orlando Hernandez and the country s political elite Devis Leonel Rivera leader
The best export quality Honduran coffee is grown at 1 600 meters above sea level say the local coffee growers in the mountains of Corquín
The Hermes case filed by UFERCO the Ministry of Justice s anti corruption unit is the last piece of a puzzle that now provides a
The Honduran government has promised that the construction of 14 dams will prevent the severe flooding that the country experienced during tropical storms Eta and
In person classes were suspended in March 2020 when the pandemic hit Honduras One year later the pandemic is still out of control and the
Almost a year after the country declared a national state of emergency due to the pandemic and in the midst of a new surge in
What rational person would be against increasing prosperity fighting corruption strengthening democratic governance improving citizen security or promoting inclusive development and economic growth All to
Two weeks after abortion was decriminalized in Argentina Honduran Congressperson Mario Perez introduced a bill in the National Congress that seeks to prevent the legalization
Approximately 7000 Honduran citizens are travelling through Guatemalan territory in the first migrant caravan of 2021 This exodus possibly the largest since 2018 comes despite
According to official data Tropical Storms Eta and Iota caused the death of 96 people One devastated family speaks out about the government s unreliable
Six months after Contracorriente submitted a formal information request to the Institute for Public Information Access Instituto de Acceso a la Información Pública 8211 IAIP
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